To be annoyed at how bad our Eurovision song is?

[AngeloMysterioso]

We have any number of really talented songwriters, singers and musicians in the UK. And yet the best we could come up with is a few minutes of what I could only describe as sonic chaos with three girls yelling
what
the
hell
just
HAPPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEENED
over and over again.

It’s not even that it’s boring, or not fun or quirky enough. It’s actually annoying, and I find myself getting more and more irritated every time I hear it which thanks to Radio 2 playing it every hour or so is distressingly often.

How have we gone from the fab Sam Ryder to Olly Alexander cavorting in a dirty toilet and now this crap??

I thought Sam Ryder was a terrible choise and oh boy was I wrong :D

Yes it’s bad.
Will probably just tune in to watch gorgeous Marko Purisic (Baby Lasagne) as interval act.

I couldn't understand how after years of being dire, Sam Ryder managed to finish second. I didn't rate him or the song.
Maybe his Tik Tok following got him lots of votes

I think it's the song. They are 3 really talented singers. All west end singers who have been in top productions. They have some decent songs but this particular song for Eurovision is dreadful. I don't know who picked the song! I think they could do a great job but that song does not do them any justice at all which i think will scupper their chances unfortunately.

It's completely dire! Can't believe anyone chose such a dreadful song. I saw band in my local pub on Saturday night who'd have done a much better job than this rubbish.

I hope they can sing live because last years performance was awful.

He did a lot of work around Europe, going to different countries promoting the song. He’s also quite an upbeat, happy character .., he came over really well in his interviews. He made great connections, worked well for us.

I don't like the song but I love eurovision for it's madness and fun so I shall enjoy watching anyway, and if the uk get nil points I don't really care

Thank goodness it's not just me!

I like it too. It's fun, they can actually sing and hopefully the staging will make it a good performance.

Oh and I agree about that awful Portuguese entry a few years ago. What did people see in that?

The girls are great and can sing but the song is atrocious. Bring back Sam Ryder.

They have all performed in musical theatre so they should be able to sing live

I love the fact that we are rubbish at Eurovision. It wouldn’t be the same if we were actually competitive.

It's the weird time signature changes that make it feel a bit discombobulating. But not in an interesting way. It's a shouty genre all of its own, it's like the people from those Night Copper type shows who are getting arrested for pissed up street fighting in Brighton have decided to stage a flashmob and perform Prog.

Eurovision used to be really fun, but I think it's just a bit shit now. I liked Olly Alexander's song OK. It was just pop nonsense which is what you expect from eurovision. But I hated the staging. Made me feel a bit seasick tbh 😂. All the spinning around.

I haven't dared listen to this year's uk song and will avoid I think! I'm not watching it this year as I really didn't enjoy it last year.

Or maybe it's always been shit and I'm only realising now...😧

I don't mind the song it's just a modern day girl group pop song with quite a catchy line in it. But, and you can call me old fashioned, but Britain shouldn't be represented by swearing. And I know, I know "What the hell" is hardly swearing by today's standards, I just feel we could and should do better.

Loving the love for Laika Party here.

I think the UK needs a live competition to select the Eurovision song. There should be live televised performances, a jury plus popular vote, and some way of weighting one or the other..

Sitting a committee down and coming up with a song that doesn't know what direction it's going (this year's entry) and then springing it on the unsuspecting public is a recipe for failure.

I remember the song choosing of the 70s - a singer would sing 6 songs and the public would send a postcard in to vote for the winner!
We never had songs as dire as we do nowadays.

This! It's the "my lovely horse" strategy! Take this lump of sugar baby you know you want it 😂

But yes, it's crap, for several years now, except for Sam Ryder, we're always crap.

What did happen? Do they ever say?

Also, not a prude, but it’s swearing and I’m constantly asking the teen not to say “what the hell” and now it’s a flipping song.

I did see them on the one show and they were better, but not amazing.

The song being all over the place is deliberate because our entries in recent years have been too upbeat, apparently and in the wrong key. So they have tried to cover all the bases.

I have a fairly new colleague who spends a lot of money on vinyl, he's single and over 60 and absolutely loves the song.

It’s an awful song, and Radio 2 keep playing it.

They were robbed last year. I loved their song - and hated the winner.

It's growing on me a bit. Every year I'm hopeful & then disappointed! The verse to this sounds like Billy Joel's My Life. Hopefully their voices will earn them at least a few points

The winner last year was absolutely breathtaking!

Sam Ryder did well because as previously mentioned he worked hard at making connections all over Europe, he performed it flawlessly and, because of our reaction to the war in Ukraine, we were - for one night only - flavour of the month all over Europe, even Eastern Europe.

I'm hoping Sweden doesn't win because I don't want to go there again. It felt like they didn't want it last year which was disappointing and rather spoiled the trip for me.

Bara Bada Bastu is so catchy though!

I'm just annoyed that Malta has to change their song lyrics.